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13/11/2015 (Bernama) - The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities has identified two measures to reduce the crude palm oil stocks, said Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas.

13/11/2015 (Otago Daily Times) - The new Malaysian owner of a failed Otago diatomite fertiliser company is courting more controversy over links to supplying the Malaysian palm oil industry.

13/11/2015 (Daily Express) - Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Secretary General Datuk Darrel Webber on Wednesday welcomed Sabah's decision to have all Crude Palm Oil produced from Sabah to be certified sustainable palm oil or (CSPO) by 2025.

13/11/2015 (The Sun) - Analysts expect production and demand in the plantation sector to slow down, following record high inventories of crude palm oil (CPO) stocks in October.

13/11/2015 (Bernama) - Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Bhd and Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) have signed collaboration agreement on research and development of commodity derivaties products.

13/11/2015 (Economic Times) - Global palm oil output will grow by a million tonnes less than expected in 2016 due to a crop damaging El Nino weather event and haze from Indonesia's slash-and-burn agricultural practices, leading vegetable oils analyst Dorab Mistry said.

13/11/2015 (The Edge) - Plantation sector Maintain positive: Malaysia’s October 2015 crude palm oil (CPO) inventories rose to another record high of 2.83 million tonnes. Inventories further increased 7.3% month-on-month (m-o-m) and 30% year-on-year (y-o-y).

12/11/2015 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Thursday November 12.

12/11/2015 (Bernama) - Sabah's niche in bioeconomy is in the area of biochemical, said Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau today.

12/11/2015 (Bernama) - Ronser Bio-Tech Bhd, an integrated wastewater treatment solutions provider, is eyeing a higher contribution from its mass bio-system (MBS) segment next year upon the commencement of its new MBS plant in Iskandar Region in February 2016.

12/11/2015 (Borneo Post) - The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) congratulated the State Government of Sabah for it bold decision to launch a 10-year jurisdictional programme to have all crude palm oil (CPO) produced from Sabah certified as sustainable palm oil or CSPO.

12/11/2016 (Borneo Post) - Sabah remains committed to protecting its biodiversity and ecosystem, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman.